Cricket 1912

J une 8, 1912. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 215 By the way, there was some excuse for the Nomads’ heavy defeat at Ealing a while back. They had nothing like their full strength ; Boully was lame, Crawford ricked his back early in the game, and it was not Kirkpatrick’s day. They feel strongly that the match did not sbow them in their true light, for they claim to be able to put into the field a side something more than useful. And of course Ealing are particularly strong. They beat the Wanderers in no undecided fashion on Saturday. The visitors had the misfortune to lose R. T. Crawford, who strained his side after bowling a few overs. The wicket was affected by rain, and a bowler on each side took full advantage of the fact, D. R. Osborne for Ealing (9 for 46) and W. M. Bradley, the old Kent player for the Wanderers (9 for 62) bowling in deadly fashion. It is a rare—almost an unprecedented thing— for a bowler on each side in a match to take nine wickets, I should say. That capital all-rounder, F. C. Buckeridge, was in fine form for River Plate House v. Oxshott— 10*2 and 5 for 38. E. 0. Drabble (41 and 4 for 23) backed him up so well that R. P. H .’s win by 132 runs was not wonderful. Derrick Wanderers w'ould have beaten Addiscombe with a little more time—rain delayed the game for half- an-hour. H. R. Rennie hit a 6 and nine 4’s in his chanceless 54— good work on a none too clever wicket. R. T. Child’s made 33 and took 5 for 40. At Purley the Beulah men had a most enjoyable afternoon. Clegg and Mathiesen went in first for the visitors, and sent up the 100 in just over half-an-hour. Clegg off-drove w ell; Mathiesen (two 6’s, seven 4’s) hit powerfully all round the wicket for his rapid 62. At 202 for 4 the innings was declared, Clegg then 109*. But for rain Purley II. must have gone under. They could only make 42 for 6, Packer taking 4 for 23. Beulah’s other team fared as badly as this one did well, only making 34 against th« Polytechnic, who replied with 187 for 7. At Brouiley West Kent Wanderers “ A ” had a game which somewhat resembled Beulah’s at Purley. The first wicket (A. G. Lucy, 52, a really fine innings, aud J. Brown 28) put up 65; a declaration was made at 148 for 8, and 6 Ravensbourne wickets were lowered for 91. Crump and Great hurst each made a grand catch, one-handed, high up, for the visitors, whom time alone robbed of victory. F. Syrad, the captain, and J. D. Pay, the Hon. Sec., of the Western C.C. have been doing good work for their side lately. On May 25, Syrad top-scored with 54, and Pay took 7 for 11 v. Roxeth Institute, Western winning very easily; last Saturday Pay made 74, and Syrad 38, rain causing a draw with Isthmian. Melrose (this club is not Melrose, Hampstead, as erroneously stated last week) beat Archway Wesle.yans in good style, the feature of the match being the stand of 78 by R. J. Winfield (48) and A. Sketcher (27), both forcing the game well. The Clapham Ramblers had a most successful and enjoyable home week, winning four matches easily, and only losing oue. A feature of the week was the fine bowling of Cyril Browne, the young West Indian referred to in these notes a week or two ago. Ho far this season Browne has taken, in 9 matches, 42 wickets at a cost of only 5 runs each. Albermarle and Friern Barnet is another clnb which holds its Week early in the season, beginning next Monday. Fulham, High- gate, Honor Oak, Boston Park, Mr. S. A. Mussabini’s X I., and Amherst are the teams met, and all can be sure of good fellowship and good sport at Woodhouse Road. Among Saturday’s centuries in the South were the following:— N. Miller, 142, Streatham v. Beddington. Dr. Wootton, 101, Cane Hill Asylum v. Burntwood Wanderers. Holland, 110, Neasden v. Boston Park. C. P. Hurditch, 108, Twickenham v. West Sheen. Bradberry, 119, Uxbridge v. Old Manorians. T. A. M. Gardiner, 106, Uxbridge v. Old Manorians. Tarrant, 100, Honor Oak II. v. Crofton Park II. J. N. Goad, 111, Northern Polytechnic v. St. Pancras. E. G. Read, 107, Heathfield v, Townley Park. A. G. Thoms, 105*, Beckenham v. Bickley Park. O. Hart, 100*, Ely v. Newmarket. Golding, 132, Bushey v. Brondesbury. F. F. Boles, 102, Spencer v. Croydon. F. C. Buckeridge, 102, River Plate House v. Oxshott. In Suffolk and Essex cricket scoring was fairly good on the whole; but there were few outstanding innings. A. R. Bull made 84 for St. Mary Stoke v. Felixstowe, H. Gant 66 for Stowmarket v. Ipswich and East Suffolk 2nd, A. Kitteridge 95 for Linton v. Haverhill 2nd. Ipswich and East Suffolk scored in very level fashion, S. T. Trew contributing 46, H. A. Busher 45, H. C. Henley 35*, V. F. Gaby 33, T. W. E. Wilson 31, G. P. Hornby 30, and O. Mortimer 19 to their total of 277 for 9, dec., v. Halesworth, who in return could only make 89, Henley taking 3 for 15, and Gaby 4 for 31. For Clare v. Long Melford F. W. Hinde took 6 for 6. A. K. Watson made 56 (retired) for his own team v. Shotley Barracks. Ernest Smith, of Clifton, Oxford, and Yorkshire fame, hit in quite old-time form for Sussex Martlets v. Eastbourne College on Saturday. His 112 included seventeen 4’s. Not content with this, he did a capital bit of bowling (4 for 21), Tranchell (6 for 45) accounting for the rest. But the veteran’s century was not the hardest hit score in Sussex games. For Portslade v. Hollingbury Park F. Wood slammed 122 in about an hour—a 6 and nineteen 4’s included. D. Andrews (50) helped him to add 158 in 55 minutes, and then went on to bowl, and took 6 for 13. For St. James’s (Brighton) v. the Vagabonds on the County Ground, P. G. H. Fender, the old Pauline, hit two 6’s, a 5, and twenty-two 4’s in his 143*. For Lewes Priory v. St. Peter’s H. E. Davey hit five 6’s and three 4’s in his 75. L. J. Morgan made 55 and J. K. Mathews 54 for Worthing v. Clifton (Brighton). E. Ayling, who belongs to an old cricket family, took 9 wickets for 17, playing for Storrington v. Worthing Holy Trinity. But perhaps the best match played in the county was that between East Grinstead and Harrow Blues. Only one man (H. Horne, 51) reached 50 ; there was no sensational bowling feat; but it was a fight all through, and in the end the home side won by 19 only—230 to 211. There were matches in the North Staffs. League on both Monday and Tuesday in last week, and a few brief notes concerning them must be squeezed in here. Sedgwick, the Yorkshireman, was to the fore, taking 8 wickets for 38 on Monday for Knypersley v. Porthill, and scoring 100* in 90 minutes v. Longton on Tuesday. Tom Smith did the hat trick, and took 8 for 52 (Leek v. Norton). Deyes scored 58 (Fenton v. Stoke), A. Smith 95 (Longton v. Stone), and 89 (Longton v. Knypersley). A. Harris and Robinson put on 53 for the last Stone wicket after 9 had gone down for 97. The great surprise was the defeat of Porthill by Knypersley on the Monday—157 for 8 to 97. The champions lost two matches out of three during Whit­ suntide ; but they made no mistake with Norton on the Tuesday, scoring 202 for 7 (F. Heath 62, J. B. Allman 46, H. T. Wood 32, H. F. Wood 31*), and dismissing Norton for 91 (Barnes 6 for 38). Percy Briggs contributed 75 to the total of 214 for 6 made by Stoke v. Stone on the Tuesday, Stone replying with 193 for 5 (Bernard Meakin 77*). H. Merrick, the Denstone master, who has played for Gloucester­ shire, is a member of the Oldfields (Uttoxeter) team, and was in fine form at Whitsun, scoring 74 (out of 169 for 6) v. Porthill II. on Saturday, and a splendid 104* v. Longton II. on Monday. Oldfields dropped out of the First Division this season, but seem too strong for most of the Second Division teams. On Saturday last their first wicket produced over 160, H. S. Cadman and H. Redden running a neck and neck race for runs, and as yet they have not lost a match, being the only undefeated club in either section. The great feature of Saturday’s play in the League was John Nichols’s 105* for Stoke v. Knypersley. He batted 2£ hrs. for his runs. Rain prevented a finish in this game, but results were arrived at in the others. Barnes (38) was top scorer for Porthill v. Leek, and afterwarks took 8 for 12, his side winning by 91. At Silverdale Fenton won by 110 after declaring at 199 for 4. H. Dearing (41) and J. G. Drake put up 82 before a wicket fe ll; Drake was still not out with 81 at closing-time. Deyes took 9 Silverdale wickets, bowling finely. The home side lacked F. Ellams and their pro., Brown, and were thus badly handicapped. J. H. Brown, for Longton v. Norton, took 8 wickets for 27, and his side won by 56 runs. Morgan (ex-Somerset) for Tunstall v. Stone drove tremendously hard for his 62, hitting four successive 4’s at one time, three at another, and making his runs in less than an h ou r; J. Skellam (71) and R. Harris (58) also hit finely. Tunstall declared at 255 for 7 ; Stone collapsed before Morgan (5 for 12) and S. Lockett (4 for 23) for 36. There was a good crowd at Crewe, but a poor game. Burslem, thanks mainly to J. Griffiths, (56) and George Wilson (5 for 35) won by 73 runs, after declaring with 9 men out. Rain interfered with Leicester matches, and even before it cut short play wickets generally were so sodden that no long scores were made. J. J. Lowe scored 47 for Tyro v. Belgrave Town in the Leicester Town League, and F. Doggett 40 for Sparkenhoe v. Belvoir